Today’s Solutions: July 10, 2025

Neurons are hyperactive and fire more in newly studied area of hippocampus. Northwestern Medicine scientists have examined activity in a little-studied part of the brain associated with memory and found for the first time the reason that neurons there become more active in old age, findings that may suggest a new target for future therapies to combat memory loss in aging and Alzheimer’s disease. Scientists have long known that the hippocampus plays a critical role…

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